Writing Down the Bones Freeing the Writer Within is an enjoyable read and offers many practical ideas for writing practice.

While the point of the book is definitely to make one less anxious about writing, it made me slightly more nervous only because I hadn't realized I had to decided to try writing until I actually checked out the book, took it home, and started reading it.

Still, everything in the book is designed to keep the reader/writer from building writing up to a point that it is difficult to write and judging herself. It seemed to be sensible advice, and I was never bored reading, but we'll see if it works if I actually get anything written.